Holding(s) in Company

Whitbread PLC
20 April 2006


Letter to: Whitbread PLC
Dated: 18 April, 2006


NOTIFICATION OF INTEREST(S) IN SHARES UNDER SECTION 198 COMPANIES                              
ACT 1985 ('THE ACT')                              

WHITBREAD

This notification supersedes any previous notification from AXA Investment
Managers UK Ltd.

We are writing on behalf of AXA S.A. of 25 Avenue Matignon, 75008 Paris and its
Group Companies who are deemed to have an interest in these shares.

AXA S.A. knows that they were interested in 51,405,180 ordinary shares in the
257,287,330 share capital immediately after the time when the obligation of
disclosure arose pursuant to section 198 of the Act. These shares are
represented by a beneficial interest of 9,690,114 shares (3.77%), and a non-
beneficial interest of 41,715,066 shares (16.21%).

The identity of each registered holder of the shares to which this notice
relates, so far as is known to AXA Investment Managers UK Ltd, as at 13/04/06,
is as per the Appendix below.

This notification of change is due to a decrease in the total holding from
20.03% to 19.98%


From: AXA Investment Managers

                      

                                     DISCLOSURE OF INTEREST IN SHARES OF                              
                         APPENDIX - NOTICE UNDER SECTION 198 OF THE COMPANIES ACT 1985   
                                             Whitbread PLC ord 

       Total number of shares held as at 18/04/06 was 51,211,687 the breakdown of which is set out below: 

Name of the                Number of  Particulars of                         Registered as 
Company / Fund                Shares  Beneficial owners                              

AXA UK Investment Co ICVC    187,963  Trustees of AXA UK Investment Co ICVC  HSBC Global Custody                        
Distribution Fund                     Distribution Fund                      Nominee (UK) Limited
(Non - Beneficial)                                                           Mariner House
                                                                             Pepys Street
                                                                             London EC3N 4DA
                                                                             a/c 845029

PPP Healthcare Group plc      87,963  Guardian Royal Exchange plc and Subs.  Chase Nominees Ltd   
(Non - Beneficial)                    Cos                                    a/c 13067
                                                                             Trinity Tower 
                                                                             9 St Thomas Moore Street  
                                                                             London EC1    

AXA World Funds                2,744  Trustees of AXA World Funds            Vidacos Nominees
British Equities Fund                 British Equities Fund                  London  
(Non-Beneficial)

Sun Life Nominees Ltd A/c 20  19,042  Trustees of the Princes Pension        HSBC Global Custody  
(Non - Beneficial)                    Scheme                                 Nominee (UK) Limited        
                                      Princes Foods Ltd                      Mariner House         
                                      Royal Liver Building                   Pepys Street               
                                      Pierhead                               London EC3N 4DA               
                                      Liverpool L3 1NX                       a/c 777094       

Sun Life Nominees Ltd A/c 29  19,266  Trustees of the Cobham Pension Plan    HSBC Global Custody   
(Non - Beneficial)                    Brook Road                             Nominee (UK) Limited  
                                      Wimborne                               Mariner House               
                                      Dorset DH21 2BH                        Pepys Street               
                                                                             London EC3N 4DA               
                                                                             a/c 777167  

Sun Life Nominees Ltd A/c 31   6,313  Trustees of the Princes (1977)         HSBC Global Custody   
(Non - Beneficial)                    Pension Scheme                         Nominee (UK) Limited              
                                      Princes Foods Ltd                      Mariner House              
                                      Royal Liver Building                   Pepys Street               
                                      Pierhead                               London EC3N 4DA               
                                      Liverpool L3 1NX                       a/c 785078 

Sun Life Pensions             40,000  Sun Life Pensions Management Ltd       HSBC Global Custody   
Management Ltd                                                               Nominee (UK) Limited   
(Beneficial)                                                                 Mariner House         
                                                                             Pepys Street                               
                                                                             London EC3N 4DA               
                                                                             a/c ?         

Sun Life Pensions            267,210  Sun Life Pensions Management Ltd       HSBC Global Custody    
Management Ltd                                                               Nominee (UK) Limited              
(Beneficial)                                                                 Mariner House               
                                                                             Pepys Street               
                                                                             London EC3N 4DA               
                                                                             a/c 867815  

Sun Life Pensions          1,290,151  Sun Life Pensions Management Ltd       HSBC Global Custody   
Management Ltd A/c X                                                         Nominee (UK) Limited   
(Beneficial)                                                                 Mariner House          
                                                                             Pepys Street               
                                                                             London EC3N 4DA               
                                                                             a/c 867396  

Sun Life Pensions           237,428   Sun Life Pensions Management Ltd       HSBC Global Custody   
Management Ltd A/c X                                                         Nominee (UK) Limited   
(Beneficial)                                                                 Mariner House          
                                                                             Pepys Street               
                                                                             London EC3N 4DA               
                                                                             a/c 867530   

Sun Life Pensions         2,555,397   Sun Life Pensions Management Ltd       HSBC Global Custody   
Management Ltd A/c X                                                         Nominee (UK) Limited   
(Beneficial)                                                                 Mariner House          
                                                                             Pepys Street               
                                                                             London EC3N 4DA               
                                                                             a/c 867372 

Sun Life Assurance       1,100,000    Sun Life Assurance Society Plc         HSBC Global Custody   
Society Plc                                                                  Nominee (UK) Limited   
(Beneficial)                                                                 Mariner House          
                                                                             Pepys Street               
                                                                             London EC3N 4DA               
                                                                             a/c 776934 

Sun Life Unit Assurance    529,714    Sun Life Unit Assurance Ltd            HSBC Global Custody   
Ltd A/c X                                                                    Nominee (UK) Limited   
(Beneficial)                                                                 Mariner House          
                                                                             Pepys Street               
                                                                             London EC3N 4DA               
                                                                             a/c 867116  

Sun Life Unit Assurance     34,285    Sun Life Unit Assurance Ltd            HSBC Global Custody   
Ltd A/c X                                                                    Nominee (UK) Limited   
(Beneficial)                                                                 Mariner House          
                                                                             Pepys Street               
                                                                             London EC3N 4DA               
                                                                             a/c 867220  

Sun Life Unit Assurance    326,571    Sun Life Unit Assurance Ltd            HSBC Global Custody   
Ltd A/c X                                                                    Nominee (UK) Limited   
(Beneficial)                                                                 Mariner House          
                                                                             Pepys Street               
                                                                             London EC3N 4DA               
                                                                             a/c 867268 

Sun Life Unit Assurance    360,000    Sun Life Unit Assurance Ltd            HSBC Global Custody   
Ltd A/c X                                                                    Nominee (UK) Limited   
(Beneficial)                                                                 Mariner House          
                                                                             Pepys Street               
                                                                             London EC3N 4DA               
                                                                             a/c 867050 

Sun Life Pension             5,868    Sun Life Pensions Management Ltd       Smith & Williamson Nominees Ltd
Management Ltd                                                               1 Riding House Street
(Beneficial)                                                                 London W1A 3AS
                                                                             A/C S66 

Sun Life Pensions           12,279    Sun Life Pensions Management Ltd       BNY (OCS) Nominees Limited
Management Ltd                                                               ONE CANADA SQUARE
(Beneficial)                                                                 LONDON
                                                                             E14 5AL

Sun Life International     250,000    Sun Life International (IOM)Ltd        Sun Life International
(IOM) Ltd                                                                    Isle of Man Limited a/c
(Beneficial)                                                                 a/c SLI 11

AXA France                   4,537    (Registration details available
(Non-Beneficial)                      upon request)

AXA Belgium                      5    (Registration details available
(Beneficial)                          upon request)

AXA Colonia Konzern        270,790    (Registration details available
(Beneficial)                          upon request)

AXA Insurance UK           331,216    AXA Free                               Chase Nominees Ltd
(Beneficial)                                                                 A/C BTO1C

AXA Sun Life plc         1,550,000    AXA Sun Life plc                       AXA Sun Life plc
(fmly Axa Equity &                    (fmly Axa Equity & Law Life            5 Old Broad Street
Law Life Assurance                    Assurance Society plc)                 London EC2N 1AD
Society plc)
(Beneficial)

AXA UK Group Pension       510,361    AXA UK Group Pension Scheme            Chase Nominees Ltd
Scheme Equity Fund                    Equity Fund                            a/c 00994
(Non-Beneficial)                                                             Trinity Tower
                                                                             9 St Thomas Moore Street
                                                                             London EC1

AXA Financial, Inc      36,273,205    Bernstein
(Non-Beneficial)

AXA Rosenberg            4,027,487    AXA Rosenberg
(Non-Beneficial)

AXA Rosenberg              302,400    AXA Rosenberg
(Beneficial)

AXA Rosenberg              226,800    AXA Rosenberg
(Beneficial)

AXA Financial, Inc         382,692    Alliance Capital Management LP -
(Non-Beneficial)                      See note below


                                             Holding as % of Issued Capital

Total Beneficial         9,690,114                         3.77
Interest

Total Non-Beneficial    41,521,573                        16.14
Interest

               Total    51,211,687                        19.90%




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